Setup Instructions

Recommended Use

Egnyte provides several convenient ways to share files, ensuring it’s always easy to manage whatever data you are working with. To maximize your experience with Map Drive, Egnyte offers the following recommendations for managing different file sizes based on the speed of your internet connection:

Recommended File SizeBandwidth

Up to 10MB 1.5 Mbps Up to 20MB 3.0 Mbps Up to 50MB 10 Mbps

You can use Map Drive to access larger files than what is recommended above. However, you might find another method, such as FTP or Desktop Sync, more convenient.

Note: In Windows, the maximum size of any file you can transfer via Map Drive is initially set at 50MB by the operating system. Read this article to increase the maximum file size.

Supported Platforms

Map Drive works across all popular operating systems, so you can access files easily regardless of whether you use a Mac, Windows, or Linux.

Platform

How Egnyte desktop access appears

Microsoft Windows Vista, 7

As a mapped drive in Computer; a shortcut is also created on your desktop

Microsoft Windows XP (all versions)

Under My Network Places in Windows Explorer; a shortcut is also created on your desktop